Dear Future Daughter

Dear future daughter,

I promise this isn’t another here goes mom again moment.

I promise I have something to say that’s worthwhile.

I’ve been here before, I’ve been in your shoes

So trust me when I say it’s going to be alright.

I remember getting asked to the homecoming dance

I thought I needed a date to have fun.

But when he ditched me for this other girl and his friends,

Well I proved myself wrong once again.

I remember the day a boy told me he loved me for the first time

The butterflies in my stomach wouldn’t stop flying.

I thought this boy would end up being my world, my everything

But I ended up in my bedroom 3 months later crying.

So future daughter, I’m here to tell you that a man shouldn’t define you

He shouldn’t decide what you do with your life,

Where you go to college or anything else in between.

Just trust me when I say, that you’re only just a teen.

The whole world is in front of you, you’ve got some things to lose

But I’m here with you every step of the way.

I loved you before you were even born

Because that’s the way my mother loved me.